Getting away with the 1930's setting, from the initial filming of 'Kong: Skull Island' in Hawaii, the studio has added two more filming locations which includes Queensland, Australia and Vietnam. The additional locations are set off to bring Kong's home into life.
According to Collider, plans were revealed by Annastacia Palaszcczuk, the premiere of the state of Queensland, from where the film will reside at the Village Roadshow Studios on Gold Coast; more than $15 million will be spent for Skull Island and the filming will be in early 2016. Thus, the inducement in Australia, aside from bringing its audiences into a wider range of cinematic views, the attraction of large productions to its exchange rate of US dollar made Legendary Production and Waner Bros have it as one of the locations says The Hollywood Reporter; a location offset of 16.5% incentive to the production will reduce the initial $15 million dollars down to at least $10.9 million.
Last year, studio head Thomas Tull showed some of the Legendary Productions' newest King Kong project in Film naming the newest film, 'Kong: Skull Island'. Going back to the previewed clip, it started off with a rain storm pouring down over big waves in the ocean as an audio narration of lines from the Heart of Darkness brought more life to the scene. The shots of island, lush jungle, monkeys and other creatures; a cave in an island shaped like a skull reveals the logo of 'Skull Island'.
'Kong: Skull Island' casting includes lead protagonist, Tom Hiddleston, joined by Brie Larson, Toby Kebbel, Jason Mitchell, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins, Samuel L. Jackson and the newest among the cast, John Goodman. Hiddleston also revealed his utmost excitement about the filming with Jordan Vogt-Robert as the Director saying 'Kong: Skull Island' will definitely be different from their previous films.
Getting away with the classic 1930's setting of the King Kong remake, Director Jordan Vogt-Robert with big screen production writers Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly, John Gatins and Dan Gilroy, the whole cast of Kong: Skull Island will be coming on March 10, 2017.
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